Saturday
I’m up early and sitting outside feeding my little feline friend the last of my kibbles! She’s taken to sleeping outside my room on the sun bed! 😻
She’ll be fine when I leave, she’ll just transfer her affections to the next gullible softy that comes to stay!!
I have a nice final swim and then I’m off to my next hotel.
This hotel is further down the beach but still in Bang Tao, it’s a resort hotel and looks a little bit fancy.
My taxi arrives, accompanied by The Tiger King himself on a moped, just to check everything is good, fantastic service!!
It’s a short drive and then I’m here.
The hotel is lovely. My room is great, a bit like a small bedsit with a kitchenette, table & chairs a sofa area and a balcony! Nice.
The bed is good but a little hard, but not as hard as the ones I’ve slept on the last 3 weeks 😬
The hotel provide soft mattress toppers if required, I definitely require one! I’m excited to go to bed tonight now.
The hotel has a restaurant, gym, sauna and a huge Olympic sized pool, which is wonderfully shady.
They also provide a shuttle bus to both the beach and to Boat Avenue, where all the fancy shops and supermarkets are.
I decide to go to Boat Avenue first to get some food supplies and some cash.
I stupidly came in the middle of the afternoon when you can’t buy any alcohol, so no beer/wine for me today. I grab some provisions and head back to the hotel.
The pool looks pretty quiet so I go for a swim and manage to do 6 lengths, 120 strokes per length without stopping! This is great! I don’t think I could have done 1 length when I first arrived in Thailand, so lots of progress, I’m a bit slow but I’m OK with that.
As a reward I have a Margarita, it’s Happy Hour so it would be rude not too! 😂
The restaurant tonight is doing a ‘Beef Wellington’ night, which I don’t fancy, so only a limited choice, I opt for a Tom Kah Gai, Chicken in a Coconut & Lemongrass Soup. It looks and taste delicious 😋 I only have one small problem and that is the huge amount of lemongrass left in the soup, which is inedible and has to be fished out! Otherwise it’s lovely.
I got to meet the owner, Joe, I’m not sure of his nationality as his accent is odd, I’ll confirm later. He is very nice and is the first person (apart from English people) who has heard of Cornwall! In fact he is visiting at the end of September.
After this I head back to my room and read, finishing a really good book called ‘Black Cake’ by Charmaine Wilkerson. Excellent read.
I’m just about to nod off when we have a power cut, this knocks out the aircon, which I’m not that bothered about it makes everything so so quiet, it’s lovely. It comes back on after about an hour, so my provisions in the fridge will be fine.
I can confirm that the mattress topper does it’s job, a wonderfully soft, comfy bed! Bliss 😴
Sunday
After a soft and comfy nights sleep, albeit with very odd dreams.
I get up and have tea and some fruit & biscuits.
I decide after a quick swim to head to the beach, I’m going to take the shuttle today just to see where it drops off & picks up from. But I think In future I’ll walk, as I’m sure it’s not that far.
It drops us at a Beach Restaurant & Bar called Almora.
Rebecca & Chris, it’s the one we had Pina Colada’s at, with the lady on her Walkie-talkie! 😀
I have a little wander along the beach, it’s looking a little stormy out at sea. Then the weather starts to come in and I walk back to the restaurant, which has an inside area arriving just before the rain & winds hit! And boy does it hit!
My plan had been to walk back to the hotel but the weather is so unpredictable that I don’t fancy getting soaked, I know there is a shuttle coming at 2.10 so I decide to chill and wait for that.
It’s great people watching, plus I have my Kindle.
I go back to the hotel and have a swim, only 4 lengths today! I’ll aim for 7-8 tomorrow. I think I’ll have a bit of a sunbathe on the very comfy loungers (at last ones that are a decent height to get on and off! ) unfortunately the weather had other ideas!
I’ve checked the weather and it’s not looking great for the coming week, lots of rain & storms, not ideal.
It’s lucky I’m in this hotel, where I have space and a comfy room to chill in, so this is what I do. I end up watching a film, (gotta love Netflix) and watching the rain!
I have dinner in the hotel again, they have their full menu tonight, so I opt for a Pad Thai, it’s really good, must remember to ask for no tofu! Devils food 🥴 I then go completely mad and have a dessert, something I rarely do, I just fancied something decadent & sweet! I have a Chocolate Fondant, with Ice cream and honeycomb OMFG! A-Mazing!
Then back to my room and it’s belly full, eyes closed!
Night All!
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